News & notes

 The spectre of coronavirus continues to haunt two schools in the 518.

Troy High had three bowling matches scheduled this week, two of them at home. All three have since been postponed, the latest being Thursday's match vs. Shaker at Spare Time Latham (formerly Latham Bowl), now rescheduled for Wednesday, February 10. We're still waiting on a make-up date for a home match vs. Ballston Spa, which was originally booked for January 11.

Meanwhile, Siena College's women's basketball team was supposed to travel to Quinnipiac for a series starting today, but another positive COVID-19 test has postponed that series.

The Lady Saints (2-2) just can't buy a break. Here is the official statement from Siena's Twitter page:

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The Albany Times-Union is reporting that the Tri-City Valleycats, following the lead of other teams in the now-defunct NY-Penn League, has filed suit against their former parent club, the Houston Astros, and Major League Baseball to the tune of $15 million.

The suit comes just a week after the team had inked a deal to join the Frontier League, and comes on the heels of the Staten Island Yankees doing the same thing after the NY Yankees decided to ankle them and take over the Hudson Valley Renegades, who will now play in the Atlantic League.

Stay tuned.

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UAlbany's women's basketball team was to travel to play the New Jersey Institute of Technology this weekend, while the schools' men's teams play at SEFCU Arena. However, due to some coronavirus issues involving the Vermont women's team, the road trip to New Jersey has been postponed, and the Lady Danes will play Maine at SEFCU arena this weekend, creating a men's/women's doubleheader at the campus arena.

The women will tip off at 12 noon (radio coverage on WCDB) both days, while the men's games tip off at 5 pm. Sunday's men's game is being pushed back 2 hours from its original 3 pm tip time to allow for complete sanitizing of the arena between games.

Radio coverage of the men's games is supposed to be on WTMM (ESPN radio 104.5 FM), but the station could be running into conflicts with NFL football for the 2nd straight weekend. Check your listings in tomorrow's papers.